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Samsung Reportedly Becomes Primary iPad Display Supplier as Next-Generation iPad Mini Grows Closer
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I like how both companies are acting professionally about this matter .. I couldn't care less where the components are made as long as it performs like an iPad should
I wouldn't call it pride...I mean they did try LG didn't they? LG just couldn't provide a screen like Samsung. I bet Apple just got sick of having to replace their product. I remember reading posts before that said Apple should stop buying from Samsung etc. etc. It would be AWESOME if Samsung stopped selling to Apple. Everyone would be stuck with the crappy LG screens.
Go Samsung! Make that moneyyyyy.
Am I the only one who is sick to death of Apple/Samsung supply rumors, Cook will buy what he needs from the best place, if that has to be Samsung then so be it. It's just more gossip pitching for page views.
i see the next samsung advertising:
"even apple uses our bright clear sharp galaxy display"
Luckily they don't use PenTile in iPhones.
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What is wrong with lean finely textured beef or as you call it... "pink slime"?
Samsung and Sharp are both licensees of Japanese Science and Technology Agency IGZO technology, and Samsung has a financial stake in Sharp as well:
http://www.oled-info.com/samsung-may-invest-sharp-gain-access-igzo-and-other-technologies
If IGZO doesn't show up in this round of iPad updates, it will in the next.
Last year's Nexus was also a lower cost. And the build quality reflected that. Let's see if the back cover on this year's doesn't come apart, or the LCD spontaneously self destruct, or the flash become aggravatingly laggy in less than a year. Let's hope this one lasts a bit longer.
I wouldn't call it pride...I mean they did try LG didn't they? LG just couldn't provide a screen like Samsung. I bet Apple just got sick of having to replace their product. I remember reading posts before that said Apple should stop buying from Samsung etc. etc. It would be AWESOME if Samsung stopped selling to Apple. Everyone would be stuck with the crappy LG screens.
Go Samsung! Make that moneyyyyy.
And if Samsung did that, then they'd lose billions per year.
Hence why the display arm wanted the freedom to be broken off from the main company and their own entity.
The people running that part aren't morons and don't want to be involved in the stupid Apple vs Samsung war.
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Again, the DISPLAY arm is not even a part of Samsung. They want Apple's business and it's the main reason they broke off years ago...which was to avoid the conflict of interest.
SS Display makes displays for all of SS Electronics competitors
Let us not forget that Apple has the cash and the profits to seal virtually any supply chain deal. If needed they probably have the cash to setup up shop and produce their own if it were commercially and/or competitively advantageous.
The basic fact is Apple wants quality and they have shown suppliers, time and again, that they have no qualms about wholesale switching product lines if needed to get the price and quality they want. No supplier is sacred.
The basic fact is Apple wants quality and they have shown suppliers, time and again, that they have no qualms about wholesale switching product lines if needed to get the price and quality they want. No supplier is sacred.
As Tim Cook says in a recent interview, "I won't tolerate the stealing of ideas."
It's obvious why he would say that: Apple has very few original ideas over the past couple years.
Shady business practices? Didn't Apple just lose against the US government for that ebook fiasco? Apple basically wanted us, the consumer, to pay more for ebooks. That's a direct slap in the face if you ask me.
Reminds me of a fable I read once about a wood cutter and the trees. When the axe came into the Forest, the trees said, "The handle is one of us."
I'm fine with this. As we all have seen, nobody can beat Samsung when it comes to displays. I had a Samsung 55" LCD TV for years, then replaced it with an LG 60" LED TV. The LG has better specs in every single way, and is much more modern, however the picture and color are total crap compared to my much older Samsung.
As Tim Cook says in a recent interview, "I won't tolerate the stealing of ideas."
Yes, thats why iOS7 functionality looks like stolen from every other mobile OS
Yes, thats why iOS7 functionality looks like stolen from every other mobile OS
I am glad Apple is stealing those ideas. I was thinking about switching and "Bam!", Apple copies the idea of a feature I want and place it in a software update.
I guess if name everybody at least some of them will be right. Sharp or Japan Display.
In this report. Not in others. ( although guess Nexus 7 resolution/density bump probably has folks switching sides. )